Catherine and Archibald arrived in New Zealand on the ship 'Blenheim' in 1840.
Catherine McQueen nee Cameron and Alexander McQueen came from the Isle of Skye along with Catherine's widowed mother and siblings in 1840 on the ship Blenheim.
They settled in Wellington, and Sarah was born there in 9th of November 1840 in Wellington. She is believed to have been the second white child born in that city.
Archibald McQueen and his wife travelled to Canterbury in March 1844 to work for the Greenwood Brothers as a Shepherd at Purau, and then for the Rhodes Brothers in 1847. He afterwards took up a run near Ellesmere, still known among the older residents as "McQueen's," and conducted it as a dairy farm until he died.
Children:
1840/520 McQueen Marion
9.11.1840 McQueen Sarah
1842 McQueen Jane
1843 McQueen Hugh
1850 McQueen Catherine
1851/2977 McQueen NR (John)
1853 McQueen Christina
1857 McQueen Charles
1860/3437 McQueen NR
Catherine and Archibald arrived in New Zealand on the ship 'Blenheim' in 1840.
Catherine McQueen nee Cameron and Alexander McQueen came from the Isle of Skye along with Catherine's widowed mother and siblings in 1840 on the ship Blenheim.
They settled in Wellington, and Sarah was born there in 9th of November 1840 in Wellington. She is believed to have been the second white child born in that city.
Archibald McQueen and his wife travelled to Canterbury in March 1844 to work for the Greenwood Brothers as a Shepherd at Purau, and then for the Rhodes Brothers in 1847. He afterwards took up a run near Ellesmere, still known among the older residents as "McQueen's," and conducted it as a dairy farm until he died.
Children:
1840/520 McQueen Marion
9.11.1840 McQueen Sarah
1842 McQueen Jane
1843 McQueen Hugh
1850 McQueen Catherine
1851/2977 McQueen NR (John)
1853 McQueen Christina
1857 McQueen Charles
1860/3437 McQueen NR
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